This year’s Spectrum (LGBTQ+) Film Festival produced by the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center will feature six films, a smaller selection than in previous years due to the pandemic.

Longtime Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival staffer Brian Ditchfield will take over as the organization’s artistic and executive director, leaders announced Monday.

A feature film with deep Martha’s Vineyard roots is about to get its long-awaited streaming release, more than a year after the pandemic derailed a live-audience world premiere in Texas.

An annual staple of March, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival will be virtual again for a second straight year — and will take place from March 25-28.

The new PBS documentary series by Henry Louis Gates Jr. includes scenes from the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.